Inspired By Images Of Eve Competition #2
An e-book is now available as a collection of some entrants to this competition, visit this URL to download:
http://www.starfleetcomms.com/content/starfleet_comms_collection
I'm starting to enjoy a lot of fan fiction lately and despite the resounding lack of success of the last competition I am very eager to run this again.
The results are now in, please scroll to the bottom of this post.
EDIT: Due to the significant and unexpected number of entries I have to postpone the results until 12:00hrs Eve Time 29th August 2010/YC112. I do apologise for this delay but please be assured I am actively reading all entries and am confident the results will be ready by the new time.
Please write a short story of between 400 to 2000 words which include mention of this scene. So think of how you can entwine a Taranis speeding through space into your story. It can be a humorous story, sad, thriller, the horror of the Sansha, whatever you choose.
The story must be Eve related, i.e. Eve Online Fan Fiction.
Post this on your blog entry including the embedded link:
This is my entry to the Inspired By Images Of Eve Competition 2. More details and links to all entrants can be found at Starfleet Comms
Please also comment to this blog with a link to your entry otherwise I won't know you've entered. Alternatively, contact me here with a link to your entry. I will list all of them here when I know of them.
One entry per person.
Note: If you do not have a blog, you can sign up for one with these great services:
https://www.blogger.com/start
http://evepress.com/
http://podlogs.com
Email, forum, or commented submissions will not be accepted. This is not me deciding to be restrictive or awkward, the purpose behind this is to increase the size and/or expand awareness of the diversity and key to this, the availability of the Eve Blogosphere. Although the emailed 5Mb scanned document was very funny. 
1st prize: 100 million ISK (plus TWO PLEX donated by CCP)
2nd prize: 75 million ISK (plus ONE PLEX donated by CCP)
3rd prize 50 million ISK (plus ONE PLEX donated by CCP)
In the last few hours since announcing this, the CCP Community Team have donated 4 PLEX to add to the prizes and I've edited the prizes to reflect that, thank you CCP!
All ISK prizes from my own pocket, trust me, they aren't usually that deep!
I will be judging these myself, entry starts now and the closing date for entries is when the Eve Online clock ticks over to 06 August YC112, results by 20 August YC112 so get writing!
I'm really looking forward to seeing some great entries, feel free to retweet this and repost on facebook and forums!
p.s. So that I can notify winners, I will need to have an email address or in game eve mail name I can use to contact you (or some way of contacting you) so I can get the name of the character the ISK and the PLEX goes to.
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Entrants:
Out and Out - Janette Davy
Forgotten - Coffin Bait
The Unnamed - Kaito-Chan
A Journey Through the Stars - Aranoran
The Unassuming Protector - Gilgolf
Snatch'n'Grab - RavenTesio
The Logs Show Nothing - Barbens
Finally - Kiba
Giving Birth - subtle turtle
Losses and Gain - Ubertoast
Losses - Jaramiah
Beautiful Insignificance - DeBroglie
On Rails of Golden Fire - Ichikhan
Impossible Odds - John Scott
Immortal Wings - Qazel
Endless Waltz - Zev'ka
The Beginning of the End - ninavask
Checkmate - Dau Kaden
The Decay into Revenge - AliceXena
Lonely Passing - gaelmin
Darkness - a newbie
Activate Jump Clone - Cretten
Being Small - FALLACIOUS ANTHEM
Bluebell - Wombat Jones
We Oft Forget - EMPstrike
A New Hope - Lourd Whitehelm
Alone - JetTiger
Drive By Heart Courier - Xero Shifter
Whispering Wind - fatmarrow
Things in Space - Captain Beardface
Last Warp - CMD Bileena
Last Stand - Dwarrowdelf
The Long Walk - Andreus Ixiris
Into the Fire - Jager Da
Destination Unknown - furry convention
Freyja - Janos Blake
The Rogue Taranis - Tochimo
The Mug - Furniture Guy
Star Nomad - Aardcore
The Setting Sun - eximius san
Lucky To Have Made It Out - SumoCow
My Truth? - Weynard
Human - Akasalogi
Invisible Killers - Spider 33
More Than a Piece of Metal - Adst
Consequences - Mammal Tafren
Jovian Gold - Casadien
A Warning - Izzybella
First Blood... - S.W.
Ancient Comedy - Mar Erestet
Warp Core Stabs…From Jita - Tornlin
Interception - Aldur Vale
Awakening - Altair DarkAce
Faith and Reason - Sasim Kathul
My Lifes Meaning - Nutrition Fact
A Way Out - Sketchy McGillis
Whirling Wheel - Respiren Nox
Respect For The Kill - Joegun Rain
Time To Kill - Ryujin
7,000 Years Too Soon - Shaman Feynman
Flight Of The Taranis - Thermonuke
An Unexpected Greeting - Ikarios Ephious
Playing Dice With The Rabbit - Eros Madelung
Terror Himself - Mostal
Hounds in Hounds Clothing - ICHIakira
And the fire continues… Raging through our minds… - ElQuirko
Out of Reach, Out of Time - Raggioazzura
Storm Clouds Building - OrethTe
3 Minutes - Zakthar Kadaj
Null & Void - Ozzie Grey
This Was It - Benjamin Blinn
Emerge Unscathed - Vectorshader
The Good, The Bad and The Capsuleer - Levrim Kervall
New from Duvolle Labs - wretchedwraith
In Memorandum - Nuker Zero
Lust for Vengeance - Jebediah Walsh
Footprints in the Dust - Spyke BlackIce
Juxtaposition - Soli Garuh
Insurance - Khuri
Bound By Blood - Clovermite
Birth of a Capsuleer - Zafinar
Once More Into The Breach - Armandez1
Whispers - Sharn Tarkerion
The Shadow - Eelis Kly
Taranis Troubles - Automerias Priore
Testament - Ran T'Mekk
Inspiration Strikes! - Arcana Mortis
Greed - Khan Reaper
Not in the Brochure - Haytrid
Dawn in the Dark - Revanion
Concientious Objector - Neologia
A Capsuleers Dreams - Alastor Drake
Destiny - Collin Collins
Another Day - Menachem
Holographic Dreams - Stevo TheMiner
Go Fourth Issac - vit
Forgotten Ashes - Jason Dunham
Inner Thoughts of a Vanquished Soul - Kail Toronus
Freedom and Slavery - Lady Ariona
Just Fit It Izzi - Kr99
Veil - iSonataArctica
Deeper Black - Openstar31
Punishment - Eia Dyanamis
Transaction's Fee- Nakayme Caonis
Fight or Flight - Dazarid Rah'kira
Bumping Into Her - Medullaman
Memories - Rouge Angel
The Fate of the Colony - Yuzuki Katayanagi
Payload Unknown - AmIevL
Escaping - Rob Prescott
Gankers Bar - Ren Takahashi
Symphony - The Earwig
The Routine - Jarek Switchblade
The Aftermath - weeknieunknowing
The competition is now CLOSED, no further entries will be accepted. I have to say a massive thank you to all participants so far, there are a lot of great stories to read and you have all put a tremendous amount of work into them.
The results are now in, please scroll to the bottom of this post.
Results due by 20th August.
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Pending Entrants
Despite the potential of these stories and the obvious work that has been put into some of them, they unfortunately do not meet the requirements to take part in this competition. Writers were encouraged to take remedial steps as necessary and resubmit, however this has not happened for reasons unknown, the clock continued to tick and the competition is now closed for entry.
*Hello World! - Thinnish
*The Life of an Immortal in New Eden - Jared Keenly
*The Black Sea - Captain Riddick
*From Above - EC JuniorD
*My Way In The Universe - Bow Coxswain
*Regret - starfierce gammaray
*Dreams - nostromo5
*Just a Bit - Fuszion
*Search For The Lost One - Jeroen Avermaete
*One Last Smile - Outlaw2004
*Trap! - RJBlues
*Morally Equivalent - Habeouscorpus
*Ever Onward Ep1 - TheTrimQuim
*Going In For The Kill...Again - Essoxs
*Rouges - L Winter
*Twenty K - Gorath Vaan
*Working link back required: This is my entry to the Inspired By Images Of Eve Competition 2. More details and links to all entrants can be found at Starfleet Comms
Please note, the pending entries marked with a single asterisk have not been checked for word count.
**A Sliver in the Night - Mnemophage
**Inspired by Images - Cranky Sysadmin
**Infection - An Introduction - Calentaire
**Broken - Akira
**Point of Failure - waran4
**Does not meet the required word count of 400 to 2000 words.
The results are now in. Firstly, I would like to congratulate each and every entrant, whether qualified or not. I have not only read the entrants but also the other potential entrants and have been very impressed by the quality of work many of you have output. None of that has made my job any easier of course and in the last few days I have been struggling to produce three outright winners as you can imagine.
Some of you have queried what method I would use to judge and by what criteria winners would be chosen. I have looked at the technical aspects of the stories, such as the article length and compliance into the competition in the first instance, as well as general readability. I then look at the use of the image given, in this case the Taranis in a solo space scene. Lastly, I use what can only ever be subjective and ask myself, do I personally like this story? Does it grip me? Is it exciting? Does it tell me anything? Does it provoke thought? Does it have a start, middle and end? Does it fit into Eve?
There were many entrants that did this, equally some did not. However the vast majority were great to read and I would like to thank you all again for taking part. I would also dearly love every entrants permission to compile these into a PDF for download and distribution and will set about contacting you shortly.
Here now follows the list of winners. I have also included others for specific mention as I greatly enjoyed their story and they got through to the very final sift, having had eight sifts in total.
1: On Rails of Golden Fire - Ichikhan
2: Freedom and Slavery - Lady Ariona
3: Concientious Objector - Neologia
And in no particular order, some stories that as mentioned, made it to the final sift.
Drive By Heart Courier - Xero Shifter
Awakening - Altair DarkAce
Giving Birth - subtle turtle
Congratulations and thank you everyone!
